Author(s)

Mingfan Xu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ The College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Corresponding Author

Mingfan Xu

ABSTRACT

Capacity in language variety is an integral part of the national language capacity. Promoting the diversification of foreign languages in basic education enhances national language capacity. The paper reviews the historical development of foreign language education in China's basic education, which has gone from having only two languages, Russian and English, to having six languages, English, Russian, Japanese, French, German, and Spanish as basic education subjects. Besides, the paper points out the current situation of foreign language education in China's basic education: a small variety of foreign languages are offered, and the quality of teaching and learning is uneven. Finally, two measures are proposed to address the shortcomings: one is to promote the diversification of foreign languages in basic education based on the needs of the country and society, and the other is to guarantee adequate teaching staff.

KEYWORDS

Foreign Language Education; Language Variety; National Language Capacity

CITE THIS PAPER

Mingfan Xu, Research on Promoting the Diversification of Foreign Languages in Basic Education to Enhance National Language Capacity. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 100-105. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070116.

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